Spheres
About that sphere!
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This n That
100
This sphere is the mostly solid, rocky part of the Earth.
What is the Geosphere?
100
Rocks belong to this sphere.
What is the geosphere?
100
This layer of the geosphere is 2,900 km thick.
What is the mantle?
100
This sphere contains the air that we breathe
What is the atmosphere?
100
These are the two types of crusts.
What are continental and oceanic crusts?
200
This sphere contains all the liquid water on the Earth.
What is the hydrosphere?
200
The three sections of the geosphere. (from top to bottom)
What is Crust, mantle, and core?
200
This covers 71% of the Earth's surface
What are oceans?
200
This is the source of energy for the entire planet
What is the sun?
200
This is the most dense layer of the geosphere. It contains nickel and iron
What is the Core?
300
This sphere was created due to outgassing.
What is the hydrosphere?
300
Aquatic organisms live in this sphere.
What is the hydrosphere?
300
78% of the atmosphere is made of this gas
What is nitrogen?
300
This sphere blocks out all of the harmful u.v. rays that would fry us alive.
What is the atmosphere?
300
This type of crust would be found on the floors of Oceans.
What is oceanic crust?
400
This is a mixture of mostly invisible gasses that surround the Earth.
What is the atmosphere?
400
This is constantly exchanged between the spheres.
What is heat?
400
This gas makes up 21% of the atmosphere
What is oxygen?
400
We need this to determine there are different layers of Earth.
What is the seismic waves?
400
This type of crust would be found on the continents.
What is continental crust?
500
This sphere contains all living things and the areas of Earth where they live.
What is the biosphere?
500
All of the matter, energy, and processes within Earth's boundary.
What is Earth System?
500
This layer is approximately 10 miles thick.
What is the crust?
500
This resource allows us to grow our crops, survive, and it keeps the earth cool.
What is water.
500
These are the five parts of Earth system.
What is Hydrosphere, Cryosphere, Geosphere, Atmosphere, and Biosphere?